Most Android phones, tablets, and TV boxes sold in the US ship with the Google Play Store pre-installed. Some devices, like the Amazon Fire line of tablets lack the Play Store, but it’s often easy to find a way to load it yourself. But the Play Store isn’t the only place to find Android apps. […]
Making Amazon’s 2017 Fire tablets more Googley (Play Store, third-party launchers)
Amazon’s tablets run an Android-based operating system called Fire OS. While Amazon has developed a custom user interface for the operating system, featuring tight integration with the Amazon Appstore, Kindle, Music, and Movies apps, it’s surprisingly easy to install the Google Play Store on Amazon’s most recent tablets. You may not be able to root […]
$20 Android phones may be the cheapest iPod touch alternatives available
Smartphones have largely replaced portable media players for most people. It’s been a few years since Apple bothered to update its iPod touch, and it’s been even longer since I’ve seen any other company try to offer a good Android-powered alternative to Apple’s touchscreen media player. Sometimes it can be useful to have a device that […]
Differences between Windows 10 S, Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education
This week Microsoft introduced a new version of Windows 10 which is designed for education, but available to anyone willing to try an operating system that’s a bit more locked down in exchange for the promise of better performance and security. Windows 10 S can only run apps downloaded from the Windows Store, which limits the […]
What’s new in Android O?
Google has released the first developer preview for Android O, the next major version of Google’s operating system for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Update: Google followed up the initial developer preview with the launch of an Android O beta program on May 17th, 2017. Among other things, the update brings new notification behavior, support […]
Say hello to Liliputing’s new commenting system
For the past 9 years, Liliputing’s comment system has been powered by Disqus. Today I’m trying something different. As I mentioned in January, Disqus recently announced that websites using the company’s commenting tools had a choice: display advertising in the comment section or pay for a subscription. The subscription fee is reasonably low and I […]
Gemini PDA is like a tiny Android/Linux laptop with premium specs (crowdfunding)
Are physical keyboards for mobile devices making a comeback? TCL and BlackBery just launched a new phone with a QWERTY keyboard. A keyboard module for the Moto Z smartphone is generating some buzz. And an Indiegogo campaign for a 7 inch, pocket-sized Windows notebook has raised over $1.7 million (so far). Now the folks at UK-based […]
Remix Singularity will let you use Android phones as desktop PCs (work in progress)
Plenty of people rely on smartphones to do many of the things that used to require computers. You can check your email, surf the web, watch videos, and play games on a smartphone. Over the past few years we’ve seen a few attempts to take things further by allowing you to run desktop-style software on […]
Crowdfunding means Netbooks don’t have to be cool (or popular) to be successful
The GPD Pocket is a notebook with a 7 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, a quad-core Intel Atom Cherry Trail x7-z8700 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. GPD is running a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the Pocket and offering models with a choice of Windows or Ubuntu software. In some ways […]
The Loving Project: a podcast celebrating 50th anniversary of Loving v Virginia
In 1967 the Supreme Court struck down state laws banning interracial marriage. At the time, there were 16 states with such laws on the books. The Court ruling came as a result of a case called Loving v Virginia, named for Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and a black woman who lived in […]
Playing with Fire: Hacking Amazon’s $50 Fire tablet
The Amazon Fire Tablet may not be one the best tablets money can buy, but more than a year after its launch, the $50 Amazon Fire is still one of the cheapest tablets that’s actually good enough to consider worth buying. But there is one big catch: while the tablet runs a customized version of Android, it’s […]
Google DayDream View VR headset review (with Google Pixel XL)
It’s been more than two years since Google showed that you could transform a smartphone into a virtual reality device by placing it in a headset made of nothing more than cardboard and lenses. Sure, Google Cardboard isn’t as powerful or versatile as an expensive VR device like Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. But it’s […]
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